Horrifying and darkly comic, Rosemary’s Baby was Roman Polanski’s Hollywood debut. This wildly entertaining nightmare, faithfully adapted from Ira Levin’s best seller, stars a revelatory Mia Farrow as a young mother-to-be who grows increasingly suspicious that her overfriendly elderly neighbors (played by Sidney Blackmer and an Oscar-winning Ruth Gordon) and self-involved husband (John Cassavetes) are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby. In the decades of occult cinema that Polanski’s ungodly masterpiece has spawned, it has never been outdone for sheer psychological terror.
Hands down, for my money Minnie as gloriously come alive by the astonishing Ruth Gordon was the entire cornerstone of this picture. While all of the cast
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were excellent….she was just off the charts brilliant. Rest in sweet peace, Ms Gordon. And thank you for all of it. PS And even that opening lullaby sung by Mia Farrow is creepy
Reviewer:ohsnapiam56
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Great film, still creepy. What's even creepier is watching Mia Farrow, dressed and sounding like a little girl, and knowing Polanski had a thing for underaged
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girls. Excellent acting by all, especially Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer as the old couple. Haunting, waltzy theme song. Great picture all around.
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Rosemary's Baby
Perennial favorite which parallels Eyes Wide Shut in thrilling creepiness, and leaves one wondering about percentage of possibility.
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